Global shipping giant Maersk will stop using military-owned ports in Myanmar, a lobby group said Thursday after leading a campaign against international companies with links to the armed forces.
Rights Group Calls for End to Rohingya ‘Prison’ Camps in Myanmar
Myanmar should end the “apartheid regime” that has left thousands of Muslim ethnic Rohingya families trapped in stifling displacement camps eight years after deadly communal clashes tore through the …
Easy Microfinance Announces Flexible Payment Solutions and Supports Institutions on the Front Lines
Easy Microfinance, a leading Myanmar microfinance institution backed by Meridian Capital Limited and Delta Capital, has announced donations to support COVID-19 relief efforts in Myanmar and a roll out …
Singapore’s Fincy Pulls Out of Controversial Chinese-Backed Gambling Hub in Myanmar
Singapore-based fintech Fincy has cut ties with the Yatai New City project in Karen State after media reports linked its Chinese backers to illegal financial activities.
Report: Rohingya still live in repressive, ‘apartheid’ conditions in Myanmar
Myanmar continues to keep some 130,000 members of the Rohingya ethnic minority in squalid, open-air detention camps, an act of apartheid and a crime against humanity, a human rights report released on …
End Apartheid in Myanmar’s Rakhine State: Daily Brief
Rohingya Muslims are languishing in squalid and abusive camps in Myanmar; not a joke: China and Saudi Arabia want seat on Human Rights Council; United States election debate and human rights; LGBT …
Rights Group Details ‘Squalid and Abusive’ Conditions in Myanmar Camps
A new report from Human Rights Watch details the inhumane conditions within Rakhine State’s archipelago of internal displacement camps.
Rohingya living in ‘open prison’ in Myanmar: Human Rights Watch
Report says 130,000 Rohingya live under ‘squalid, abusive’ conditions; calls for an end to their ‘abitrary detention’.
Rights group decries Myanmar’s camps for displaced Rohingya
A human rights group says the de facto detention of 130,000 ethnic Rohingya in squalid camps in Myanmar amounts to a form of apartheid …
Rohingya Trapped by ‘Apartheid’ Regime in Myanmar, Says Human Rights Watch
A major human rights group said Myanmar is carrying out a policy of apartheid against Rohingya Muslims languishing for eight years in internal displacement camps, accusing civilian leader Aung San Suu …